Ingredients
- Rye whiskey ✓ you have it 2 ½ cl
- Cognac ✓ you have it 2 ½ cl
- Sweet vermouth ✓ you have it 2 ½ cl
- Bénédictine ✓ you have it ¾ cl
- Peychaud’s bitters ✓ you have it 2 dash
- Angostura bitters ✓ you have it 2 dash
- Ice cubes ✓ you have it
Garnish & optional
- Lemon ✓ you have it 1 twist
Invented in the 1930s at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans: rye, Cognac, vermouth and Bénédictine – complex, spicy, velvety.
Method
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1
Stir all ingredients in a mixing glass* with ice until cold.
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3
Garnish with a lemon zest* and a cherry.
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